2025 World Emerging Security Forum

SPEAKERS

Opening Ceremony

10:00 - 10:50

The Evolution of Hybrid Threats and International Security

Cho Hyun

Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Republic of Korea

Kwang Hyung Lee

President, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Nicole Perlroth

Cybersecurity
Reporter

Christoph Heusgen

Co-Chairman,
St. Gallen Symposium

Teija Tiilikainen

Director of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE)

Arnold Kavaarpuo

Executive Director, Data Protection Commission Ghana

Session 1

11:00 - 12:30

Cognitive Warfare​

Pierrick Devidal

Senior Policy Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross(ICRC)

Jean-Marc Rickli

Head of Global and Emerging Risks, Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Tanna Krewson

Strategic Advisor, The Centre for Information Resilience

Sarah Shoker

Fellow,
Berkeley Risk and Security Lab

Tae-Eun SONG

Assistant Professor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy(KNDA)

Session 2

14:00-15:20

Emerging Technologies and the Threat Landscape​

Troels Emil Andersen Boe

Cyber and Tech Advisor,
Office of Denmark's Tech Ambassador

Hitoshi Nasu

Professor of Law,
United States Military Academy, West Point

Yu Jihoon

Director of the Department of External Cooperation

Michal Krelina

Associated Senior Researcher,
SIPRI

Andrew Reddie

Founder of the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab, Associate Research Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy

Sibylle Bauer

Director of Studies,
Armament and Disarmament, SIPRI

Session 3

15:40-17:10

The Resilience of Critical Infrastructure​

Gillian Frost

Director General for Cyber, Critical Technology and Democratic Resilience Bureau, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

Johan Turell

Head of the Office for Strategic Cybersecurity at MSB

Allan Cabanlong

Regional Director for Southeast Asia Hub, Global Forum on Cyber Expertise

Adewale Peter Obadare

Founder & Chief Visionary Officer,
Digital Encode Limited

Joanna Kulesza

Assistant Professor,
University of Lodz Law School, Poland

James Sullivan

Director of Cyber & Tech,
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)